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FED ER A L RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK
Fiscal A gen t o f the United States

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C ir c u la r N o. 7 3 5
March 7, 1974

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Results o f T reasu ry’ s 5 2 -W eek B ill A u ction
To A ll Incorporated Banks and Trust Companies, and O thers
Concerned, in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

The following statement was issued by the Treasury Department and released
at 6:30 p.m., yesterday:
Tenders for $1.8 billion of 52-week T reasu ry bills to be dated M arch 12, 1974, and to
mature M arch 11, 1975, were opened at the Federal Reserve Banks today.
T h e details are as fo llo w s :
Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
H igh ...............................

93.079

A pp roxim ate equivalent annual rate
6 .8 4 5 % per annum

L ow

...............................

92.973

A pp roxim ate equivalent annual rate
6 .9 5 0 % per annum

........................

93.026

A pp roxim ate equivalent annual rate
6 .8 9 7 % per annum 1

A verage

1 This is on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yield is 7.38%.

(21 percent of the amount b id for at the low price was accepted.)
Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve District)
Federal R eserve D istrict

Boston ....................................................... ..........
N ew Y o rk .............................................. .........

Total accepted

Total applied for

$

28,310,000
2,592,100,000

$

6,310,000
1,432,110,000

34,215,000

1,635,000

37,410,000

33,830,000

R ichm ond ...............................................

39,040,000

23,040,000

Atlanta

11,780,000

2,780,000

C hicago .....................................................

336,205,000

181,805,000

St. L ouis ..................................................

37,785,000

M in n e a p o lis..............................................

19,170,000

11,705,000
10,170,000

Philadelphia ............................................
................................................ .........

Cleveland

.....................................................

.......................................................

19,925,000

3,295,000
2,925,000

San F rancisco ......................................

196,465,000

90,465,000

$3,357,855,000

$1,800,070,000

Kansas City ............................................ .........
Dallas

T

otal

......................................... ...........

5,450,000

a Includes $35,605,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price.




A lfred H a y e s ,

President.